Awards

Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards: 2014-2016 Award of Merit

The City of Ottawa presented the Alex Trebek Alumni Hall with an Award of Merit at the 2014-2016 Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards. Nominated in the category of Adaptive Reuse (“adapting an old building for a new purpose while retaining its heritage character”), the award recognizes excellence in the preservation of the city’s architectural heritage.

Campus Master Plan

The Ontario Professional Planners Institute has awarded uOttawa’s Campus Master Plan a 2016 Excellence in Planning Award. Nominated in the Urban / Community Design category, the award recognizes high caliber work by professional planners in Ontario communities and excellence in all aspects of planning.

The Canadian Institute of Planners: 2016 Award of Excellence

The Canadian Institute of Planners have selected uOttawa's Master Plan's "Design Guidelines and Precinct Plans" for a 2016 Award of Excellence in the category of urban design. The CIP annual Awards for Planning Excellence honour planning projects judged on their excellence, innovation, impact on the profession, implementation potential and overall presentation.

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada: 2016 National Urban Design Award

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada awarded a 2016 National Urban Design Awards Certificate of Merit to the Campus Master Plan. Nominated in the category of Urban Design Plans, the Master Plan was selected based on its clarity of presentation, innovative approach, and comprehensiveness. The award recognises plans “of high inspirational value with the potential for significant impact on the city’s sustainability or development”.

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects: 2016 National Award of Excellence

The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects awarded a 2016 National Award of Excellence to the Campus Master Plan. Nominated in the category of Planning & Analysis - Large Scale Design, the Plan was selected based on several criteria, including demonstrations of excellence, innovation, and exemplary environmental and / or social awareness. The awards “celebrate work that is inspiring, exhilarating, and remarkably diverse” and “honour distinctive design, ground-breaking research, [and] sustainable landscape management.”

City of Ottawa: 2015 Ottawa Urban Design Award

uOttawa took home an Award of Merit for its bold campus master plan at the 2015 Ottawa Urban Design Awards.The plan, developed by uOttawa, Urban Strategies Inc. and Parsons Corporation, was nominated in the visions and master plans category, which, according to award rules, is reserved for "unbuilt vision[s] for the City, studies and master plans that are inspiring, trend-setting, and significant for the future development of the City."

Sustainability

uOttawa has received a Green Building Award from the Canada Green Building Council, Ottawa chapter, for the Faculty of Social Sciences building, the campus’ first LEED Gold facility. It won in the “Excellence in Green Building – Existing Building” category.

2015 Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence

Facilities are the recipient of a 2015 Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence for our Clean Air Community Initiative, which consisted of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 33,100 tonnes since 2007 by retrofitting infrastructure to reduce natural gas and electricity usage on campus.

"We Power Ideas" Campaign

International Association of Business Communicators: 2016 Gold Quill Award

Facilities and its partners at Ingenium Communications won a 2016 Gold Quill Award for their internal "We Power Ideas" campaign. Awarded by the International Association of Business Communicators, it is one of the most prestigious international prizes for business communications and the highest honour conferred by the organisation. The campaign was at the heart of a greater push to increase client satisfaction and deliver greater value to the University, contributing to $2.3M in reduced operating costs in 2015.

The International Association of Business Communicators Silver Leaf is Canada’s premiere professional awards program celebrating excellence in business communication and was awarded for Facilities' internal "We Power Ideas" campaign.